Thomas Jefferson - American Revolutionary (Unabridged)

Explore the captivating contradictions of one of U.S. history's most divisive figures with the celebrated West Point professor and author of Confounding Father: Thomas Jefferson's Image in His Own Time Thomas Jefferson was the first secretary of state, second vice president, and third president of the United States. A polymath who championed education and religious freedom, he drafted the Declaration of Independence and made more attempts than any other officeholder of his generation to end slavery. Yet he remained a slaveholder throughout his life. A diplomat who charmed people abroad, at home he was a lightning rod of controversy-both loved and hated, revered …